Name
C.02 Lessons from the Frontline: What Works in Teen Vaping Prevention
Date & Time
Thursday, November 20, 2025, 2:10 PM - 3:10 PM
Speakers
Description
Vaping - and now nicotine pouches - continues to pose a serious challenge for schools on the frontline of this growing but often hidden epidemic. Traditional approaches are falling short. But through our work, we’ve discovered a better way forward.
Over the past 18 months, we've delivered more than 275 workshops, engaging over 30,000 students, teachers, and parents. These experiences have revealed five powerful insights that can transform how schools approach substance use education. This session relevant for teachers of senior health education (with links to VCE Unit 1 HHD).
Learning Objective
In this keynote, teachers will learn:
• Proven strategies to reduce teen vaping in schools;
• What schools need to know about nicotine pouches — the next emerging trend;
• How to engage today’s tech-savvy students;
• Why respect is the key to creating meaningful change;
• Classroom-ready strategies to stop undesired behaviours before they start; and
• Fresh approaches that work in the modern school environment.
• Proven strategies to reduce teen vaping in schools;
• What schools need to know about nicotine pouches — the next emerging trend;
• How to engage today’s tech-savvy students;
• Why respect is the key to creating meaningful change;
• Classroom-ready strategies to stop undesired behaviours before they start; and
• Fresh approaches that work in the modern school environment.
Curriculum Level
VCE ALLOC
Presentation Type
Interactive Workshop (classroom)